“We were a good team. I was glad we had decided to work on being friends. She was holding up her end… — Emmy Laybourne Friendship Copy Share Image
“All right," Jake said, clapping his hands. "Which one of you little punks is gonna teach me how to play Chutes and… — Emmy Laybourne Copy Share Image
“There I saw Chloe, freshly bathed, wrapped in a towel, eating fun-size butterfingers one after another like a chain smoker and watching… — Emmy Laybourne Funny Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, when you'd least expect it, the grief would chop your legs out from under you.” — Emmy Laybourne Grief Copy Share Image
“I guess I could go and get a bunch of knives from the Kitchen aisles and throw them at the intruders. So… — Emmy Laybourne Funny Copy Share Image
“And then I saw Niko. He had sunk down to his knees and had his face in his hands. I went over… — Emmy Laybourne Saved Copy Share Image
“The cries of the other kids got louder: “The bus is on fire!” “It’s going to explode!” and “We’re going to die!”… — Emmy Laybourne Copy Share Image
“Your mother hollers that you're going to miss the bus. She can see it coming down the street. You don't stop and… — Emmy Laybourne Mother Copy Share Image
“My mom believed that you make your own luck. Over the stove she had hung these old, maroon painted letters that spell… — Emmy Laybourne Crush Copy Share Image
“Never lough out somebody's failure, cause tomorrow should be you!” — Emmy Laybourne Failure Copy Share Image
“Love is how you feel about the other person. Everything else is just details,’ he” — Emmy Laybourne Love Copy Share Image
“I tell you, just when you think you know someone, she shows up looking pretty and carrying a guitar.” — emmy laybourne Looking pretty Copy Share Image
“Night came and fell hard. Not like God drawing a blanket over our land But like someone snuffing a candle. Sudden and… — Emmy Laybourne Dark Copy Share Image
“Niko started sobbing. There is no other word for it. He just crumpled down over the legs of the dead soldier and… — Emmy Laybourne Copy Share Image
“We ate it like it was medicine. Like it was magic candy that could somehow restore us to a normal life again.… — Emmy Laybourne Life Copy Share Image
“Monopoly belonged to me and Alex. It was our game and they would never understand. There were strategies and traditions and they… — Emmy Laybourne Copy Share Image
“Your mother hollers that you’re going to miss the bus. She can see it coming down the street. You don’t stop and… — Emmy Laybourne First-lines Copy Share Image
“I started to sing. Yes, sing. "I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy. Yankee Doodle Do or die." I let go of Henry and… — Emmy Laybourne Gaze Copy Share Image
“Now, anyway, we knew who was which blood type. In addition to the beating he'd received from Chloe, Max was also starting… — Emmy Laybourne Blood type Copy Share Image
